Sunday, December 9, 2007

The Final Story

It really hurts to do this, considering everything everone has been through, but I have to do it. I know there's been a lot of confusion about this blog and me, so I want to lay it all to rest.

As you know, Mr. Briscoe has been working diligently to get this blog taken down despite my wishes. I understand that he's trying to protect the family, and I respect that. But, I don't want to be silenced. Not after everything I've gone through.

I just want to say thank you to everyone who has been supportive (or at least fair) of my viewpoint. I will keep you all in my thoughts and prayers. It is because of you that I have found the strength to continue my struggle for real justice. And for all of you who continue to vilify me, I can only hope that you will one day open your eyes and see what you have done to an innocent human being. Your callous lack of remorse in your collective attempts to destroy this family disgusts me. But I won't be afraid of you anymore.

For everyone who doubts who this is, and the truth of what I write, I want you to watch this video very carefully:

In case this blog gets taken down, I will do my best to continue to fight for my side of the story here: http://tinyurl.com/2pp7ms

this is disgusting. how could you ever do this to someone? I've been following this blog and I just want to tell you, that you had no right to pretend to be someone else. If you knew Megan was depressed, you could of just staid away. I'm sure there was something much more mature to do then pretend to be a seventeen year old boy. ahh, this is disgusting. You should of been a good parent and protected your daughter and not allow her to get a myspace, if you thought she would be hurt.

(a) It made light of a suicide. I remember some of the comments made by some of these people who 'did it for the lulz', including stating that Megan needed to be kicked out of the gene pool because she couldn't take some bullying.

(b) This blog stirred up even more anger and vitriolism against the Drews. I remember people even attacking 13-yr-old Sarah Drew. Sure, it was all for the 'lulz' as far as this author and his minions were concerned, but this blog must have caused even more angst and anger against the Drews.

Jeff, you should be ashamed of yourself. After all your claims that you don't agree with what Lori did, you don't see how offensive this blog is and how it could up the ante from the online vigilantes?

I think people who lack basic human emotions and do not care about the consequences of their reactions (and God knows that the Drews have been targetted enough by their community to the point that their police department is overworked) should be amongst the first to be kicked off the gene pool.

The online vigilantes are terminally retarded. Anything could "up the ante from the online vigilantes", who still behave as it Lori were responsible when both the Drews' attorney and the prosecutor have claimed that Ashley was the one who did it after all. (AND Ashley is also quite clearly disturbed by her actions, and remorseful. What more do you want? Blood?)

I'll grant that this blog did stir up hatred for the Drew family. But you can't fault the author of this blog for the retarded internet mob, who can't even police themselves, but demand the right to police the entire goddamn internets - a mob who demanded the blood of Lori Drew, who might not have even been the guilty party, and in doing so, made complete hypocrites out of themselves.

So, how smart is the author of this blog when s/he was probably aware that the the "Internet retards" will take him/her so seriously that they will not hesitate to attack even a 13-yr-old child (Sarah Drew) after reading this blog? It isn't so "lulz" after all if it was going to feed the frenzy more and more and only cause the Drews (including a minor) to be attacked even more.

I think this author needs to look at himself/herself in the mirror and see just how much smarter s/he is than the rabid cyber mob.

And the lack of empathy is astounding, btw. The "lulz" seems to be a convinient excuse to indulge in anti-social activities.

And the sheer hypocrisy of calling the "mob" retarded when this author demonstrated ZERO empathy and compassion for a family that had already lost their child. I'm sure if this author's child or sibling committed suicide, s/he would be setting up another blog, commenting on the suicide, thanking God for removing his/her sibling/child from the gene pool.

I think this author needs to look at himself/herself in the mirror and see just how much smarter s/he is than the rabid cyber mob.

Yes, well, that's assuming there is a reflection.

You're right, the title alone was enough to bring this blog down, but here it is, still going.

This blog was for what? To teach people a lesson? There seems to have been "multiple lessons".

The first one being someone has had quite a bit a fun at many's people's expense, starting with using a dead 13-year-old, trashing her for fun then pointing fingers of mock shame at those who were outraged.

And the lack of empathy is astounding, btw. The "lulz" seems to be a convinient excuse to indulge in anti-social activities.

And the sheer hypocrisy of calling the "mob" retarded when this author demonstrated ZERO empathy and compassion for a family that had already lost their child. I'm sure if this author's child or sibling committed suicide, s/he would be setting up another blog, commenting on the suicide, thanking God for removing his/her sibling/child from the gene pool.

What we're witnessing here is a classic case of the coal calling the kettle black.

The owner of this blog is certainly NO better than the online vigilantes and the mob that bayed for the Drews' blood. This author didn't care that a 13-yr-old may be badly affected as a result of his/her actions.

If the mob is anti-social, this author is NO BETTER. In fact, s/he is far force because s/he was actively feeding the frenzy (which I believe WAS the intent)

What we're witnessing here is a classic case of the coal calling the kettle black.

The owner of this blog is certainly NO better than the online vigilantes and the mob that bayed for the Drews' blood. This author didn't care that a 13-yr-old may be badly affected as a result of his/her actions.

If the mob is anti-social, this author is NO BETTER. In fact, s/he is far force because s/he was actively feeding the frenzy (which I believe WAS the intent)

PS I don't think deleting the Lori Drew posting is going to protect you from a libel suit. Her attorney knew about hte site a few deays ago now and certainly captured images in case the site was deleted. Many other sites also copied this posting. Libel is not protect free speech dumbass.

Perhaps. If the St. Charles prosecutor makes good on his threat to investigate this blog, and subpeonas turn up concrete IP evidence, there's a disctint possibility that the author might be identified. Of course, there's also the possibility that he's smart enough to use disposable email addresses and proxies. So it all depends.

I have my own suspicions as to who the author of this blog is, but I will not reveal those, as you quite simply aren't important enough.

You know, such as making accusations and assertions without a shred of actual evidence behind them.

Your evidence for the claim that I am the author of this blog is that the blogger changed his profile to use the name "Jeff". But seriously, haven't you learned your lesson about trusting what you read on the internets by now?

If not, I fear it shant be long before another such "hoax" hits your radar and outrages you - when, in fact, it's just a bored individual looking for some cheap laughs, which you just gave him.

our evidence for the claim that I am the author of this blog is that the blogger changed his profile to use the name "Jeff". But seriously, haven't you learned your lesson about trusting what you read on the internets by now?

Hey Jeff... how cool.. the bad author guy was able to connect your nic to the profile...

I think the blogger's ideal point in creating this blog was to show LORI DREW on how much tension this has put on a lot of people. Some of the comments like, "burn in hell, I hope your family dies," are for sure a little overboard.

However, I do respect the blogger who posted this because LORI DREW does deserve some means of justice. If the justice system doesn't do it, why not let the people do it.

Also, even though it is hard to do, LORI DREW is still a human being, and we all make mistakes. She indeed did something stupid, as well as her gang of cutthroats, but FORGIVENESS is a very important factor.

She is already living in hell, for all the tormenting that society is doing to her. For instance: Losing her business, death threats, and many other harsh incidents.

I say it is time to give it a rest. Whats done is done, and it can't be undone, but life moves on.

I feel sorry for Megan's family, and I hope god will be with them through this ordeal.

For the Drew family and Ashley Grill, it is sad on how people can seep so low, but they are getting what they deserve.

While I think the title is in extremely poor taste, I'll defend the freedom of expression that created it. Police yourselves. Police your children. Don't ask the government to do it for you. They never get anything right.

I have to say this blog is not only in extremely poor taste. Whoever is actually doing this blog is human filth. From the absolutely disgusting title, to the incitement of violence and hatred against someone who does not need help in that area. What's worse is the utter lack of humanity in these posts. I read one which called for every female member of the drew family to be "raped until your dead". What is up with that!? You make comments like that and call Mrs. Drew in-human? Don't get me wrong from what I have read in the news(which is not always accurate) I really think she should be charged, unfortunately, the allegations are tough to prove, and the laws on the books have not caught up with technology. There is a night and day difference between what she did, and someone who delibrately, and openly calls for violence against these people. Boycott her business, thats fine. Let the family file a civil suit, thats fine. Vigalante justice is BAD, it is extremely damaging to society in general, but do you really think, if you got your wish and hurt them, you wold feel better? Do you think that would end your hatred? To the person running this blog, I say again you are human filth. You are inciting hatred and violence. I hope that the authorities find you, expose you, and find some way to charge you. There are limits to free speech, inciting hatred and violence, pretty much steps across that line.

It may have been macabre and in bad taste (arguably), but so are South Park, Mapplethorpe, Howard Stern, and many other things/people. This blog was iconoclastic and thought-provoking (as are most of the people who create this type of stuff). For those who find it objectionable, there are millions of other pages to read on the Net.

you are supose to be an adult and you go around doing this. What you did wasn't right and carma will get you and you will not like it. Now you will have to live knowing you killed someone and it will be hard.

The sad thing is that everyone is so caught up in figuring out who wrote the blog and who has said the meaner things and who has made worse comments...everyone forgets the TRUE issue at hand...A THIRTEEN YEAR OLD LITTLE GIRL IS DEAD.

This is the only significant issue and unfortunately, Lori Drew cannot be charged, not for lack of crime, but for lack of laws being ammended to reflect the "information age" and internet crimes. Lori Drew should have known better and is supposed to be an adult...her judgement was incorrect and her actions reprehensible, but there were no laws that were broken...this does not releive her of any responsiblity for Megan's death, and the fact that the police investigated for so long CLEARLY shows that they too feel Lori Drew is responsible, however, they had no legislation available to them to prosecute her.

Whoever wrote this blog is definately in need of attention and that is why they have done this...it is a sociopathic sickness and they are obviously quite disturbed..maybe we will never know who wrote this blog, but whoever it is will eventually pay...probably with their own conscious eating away at them when they realize that they are using the tragic set of events the took a young, beautiful girl's life to get their kicks and that is sick...but in the end, I am confident that some sort of justice will prevail...whether it is legal, karma or even God...what goes around comes around and people should really just stop all of this blogging because they are continuing the pain and suffering of a family that has already lost everything.

Have a little compassion and realize that it is time to let Megan rest and let her parents grieve the greatest loss of all in private. My deepest sympathy goes out - not only to Megan's family, but also to the obviously disturbed mind that perpetrated this blog...you are in need of serious help and I really hope you get it.

"it is a sociopathic sickness and they are obviously quite disturbed..maybe we will never know who wrote this blog, but whoever it is will eventually pay...probably with their own conscious eating away at them when they realize that they are using the tragic set of events the took a young, beautiful girl's life to get their kicks and that is sick..."

To "RICKROLL" is to intentionally misdirect one to a video from 80s pop singer Rick Astley. This tactic gets its name in part from the duckroll through the similar intent of a pissing off everyone by deception.

I really don't see the point of 'epic wins' like this? How does it make these trolls get a one up on everyone? It really is pointless. All that effort and time. For what? He needs to go out into real life land and get a real life girlfriend. No just your sister, Jeff.

Hmmm. Maybe it's not Jeff. Maybe one of his Dramatica buddies sensed an opportunity and threw him under a bus?

I wouldn't call it that. See, it's all about the lulz. The thing is, the only people who will care about the blog author pretending to out himself will be stupid internet vigilantes. And they're hilarious to watch and listen to. The actual lawyers and prosecutors will be sending subpoenas and c&d notices to Google. Because the real world can't rely merely on circumstantial evidence and say-so.

Unlikely that a subpoena would produce anything here if the troll even took elementary measures to cover their tracks. There are variopus proxies that might be used of course, but you could also just do a bit of war driving and post from whatever open WiFi you happen to come across. Advanced techniques would involve using systems that you've comprimised somehow to make the offensive postings.

of course if the troll didn't use any of these techniques they might be have a whole lotta splaining to do.

Asuming minimal hygeine it is unlikely that anything more than a "John Doe" case could be brought here. But that might be a good idea actually.

Lori, you make me sick. You just made a 13 year old commit suicide and you do not feel one bit guilty? You are a horrible parent, and I hope the community you live in will continue harrass you just like you harrassed that girl for the rest of your miserable life.

Hello. We just stumbled upon this sick, sick blog while we were scouring the internet for pedophiles to cocktease. Anyways, we are deeply disgusted by this disgusting subculture and are going to press charges against everyone who took part in this heinous prank. Srsly, we have your IPs and are sending agents to your houses right now.

jeff says internet trols are anti-social. is that a self description, jeff? you often comment as if you are the blog author. whoever it is, he is one pathologically sick individual. reminds me of that nathan jones dork who dresses up for halloween as a virginia tech victim. indeed, nathan jones and lori drew could be secret lovers in another dimension.

Nah, anyone who seeks to drive all the way out to John Day to engage in their self-justified vigilante justice is a fucking moron, and should probably be worrying about doing something mindboggingly stupid like bending down to tie their shoelace in the middle of a busy highway.

The e-lawyers and e-detectives don't give me cause for worry. They like to pretend that they have a case to e-sue me, but in reality, they couldn't determine the difference between their ass and Crater Lake (although odds are, both are similar in size). Guess what? I didn't author this blog, nor is anything I have posted here civilly actionable. Oops, you're a moron, come again.

So, what else would there be to worry about? Someone impersonating me on the internet? Been there, done that, got over it. The internet mob trying to determine where I work in order to harass my employer? That'll be the day.

You presume that a) I created this blog, and b) my primary reason for posting here is to troll. Neither presumption is true.

Oh, sure, I do enjoy watching people make fools of themselves. And I do enjoy placing a few sharp barbs in the path of one who has already painted himself a fool. I suppose one could say that a secondary or tertiary reason that I am here is to "troll".

Assume this blog is a fake which is most likely.Your outrage is appropriate if Lori Drew is the author of this blog.Your outrage will feed a sicko that fakes a blog like this.STOP COMMENTING and the loser will go away.Do not feed the monkeys.We are better than this.This sad sack is trying to expose the worst of an outraged community.NO MORE COMMENTS PLEASE.

Seems to me that Jeff has an unhealthy obsession with this blog, maybe he's bit obsessive/compulsive. Why else would he hang out here all day and night making sure to comment on everything said, acting awfully defensive(the EXACT same way "Lori Drew" did on the previous 'I am Lori Drew' blog)? And could it be just a coincidence that the name "Jeff" appears as the author, but it couldn't possibly be the same Jeff? I don't think so. If it looks like a Jeff and walks like a Jeff........it's probably Jeff. Watch out for John Day, Oregon to have the next mall, school or church shooting/suicide. It's always these weirdo internet freaks. Run for your life!

Jeff is a serial troll and internet griefer known for his defacement of Wikipedia and other sites. He's known for his anti-semitic writing in particular and has been hanging around here a lot for someone that claims not to be the author of this blog.

It is possible but not certain that Jeff is the author of this blog. The fact that his name is now on the blog main page is not my reason for believing that.

Essentially Jeff is an also ran over at ED and he needed to do something outrageous to prove himself and avoid being branded as the luser and weak ass lamer he trully is. Hence MHIC.

Jeff has been leaving his IP address all over the Internet at various other sites, it seems that he has not been observing proper Internet hygeine. So if he is in fact the author of this blog, that will likely become known eventually. That's because the "I am Lori Drew" posting pretty clearly entered into the territory of actionable libel and defamation. This case will probably end up in some form of litigation because not only was there clearly an intent to do harm but actual harm resulted.

I thought this wasn't real and then was real, but mostly got caught up reading the comments. This is where I think the prank justification fails. Although most of the comments were condemning and over the top, many were also heartfelt stories of abuse. Peolple really connected with this story and I think used this blog to connect.

I don't think the ED people really had an agenda, I feel that they are creating one after the fact.

After further analysis, I have deduced that the creator of this blog is a toothless hunchback with six fine hairs on his splotchy shoulders. According to his dental records, Jeff still has four teeth (oop, make that three as of Monday evening); therefore, this is not Jeff.

I feel nothing for the family of the woman who posed as a boy. The girls mother acted...well...like a 13 year old and i hope she chokes on her next mean for being so damn stupid.

and as for "she needed to be kicked out of the gene pool cause she couldn't take some bullying" maybe you need to be kicked out of the gene pool for your lack of unintellectual conversation. Your an idiot. Nobody should HAVE to take bullying at all. I'm ashamed at the youth of today for being so damn cruel, learn some respect.

i hope this blog is terminated because no, megan, DID NOT, have it coming. nobody deserves to die like that, at all. Author of this blog, i hope you look in the mirror today and bash your head into it, cause thats all you deserve.

Lori Drew has complained to Google and is trying to shut down what many believe to be yet another Internet hoax — the blog Megan Had It Coming, according to attorney James L. Briscoe.

A person claiming to be "Lori Drew" posted on Megan Had It Coming that she was behind the inflammatory blog that plays off the suicide of a 13-year-old girl.Megan Meier, of Dardenne Prairie, took her life in October 2006 after being the victim of a MySpace hoax involving adult neighbors Curt and Lori Drew.

Briscoe represents the Drew family. Briscoe wrote to the Journal, "Contrary to the statement by Randy Bierce of ‘Death by a 1000 Papercuts’ I found that it is not as easy to have a blog shut down with the click of a button."

Bierce had been quoted in a Dec. 9 Pokin Around column that the real Lori Drew would have been able to shut down the blog, if she wanted, with the click of a button.

Bierce, at the time, also said he and his coworkers were split as to whether they believed the real Lori Drew was behind "Megan Had It Coming."

On Monday Bierce said he is now certain the blog was a hoax, possibly by a man in Oregon, and that Lori Drew was not involved.

The St. Charles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating who is really behind it.

On Dec. 7 Briscoe released a statement from the Drew family. No one from the family has spoken publicly since Lori Drew talked to the Journal on Nov. 6.

Oh sweet... somebody from Oregon is believed to be the originator of this blog and the situation is being investigated. Looks like all the traffic is moving beyond the bad accident. That's it people, stop rubber-necking. Jeff has left the building. So has that other dude, the oneidiot mad hatter. Maybe they are one and the same.

i don't even know why they had to shut this down. we all want two sides of the story and they're only giving favor to one - megan's dumbass story. if you find the messages on your myspace too offensive, then get the hell away from the pc dumbass. there's more to life than those flirty stuff online. such a dork.

Instead of focusing on someone impersonating Lori Drew (I mean, who really cares?), I think, especially at this time of year, the police need to really focus on another scheme going on. Of course, I'm referring to all those men in the red suits who dress up and go around talking to children, PRETENDING to be Santa Claus. I mean, we all know the only REAL Santa is at Macy's on 34th Street, so why isn't anyone doing anything about all those impostors???

yeah Jeff, act like a moron why don't you, you talked about your thought's and prayers, yet you took God's name in vein then talking about less likely to get laid? dude your really sick and need help, I'm still a virgin by choice and I'm living my life for God, maybe you wrote the blog? who's to say, you can make fun of me, but you do that your making fun of a child of God. and I'll pray for you to get saved, you need Jesus really bad. hey he changed my life totally around, and he can change yours if you let him, just let poor Megan rest in peace, man. but seriously man get some help, you honestly need it.

You know.. the one thing that makes me laugh.. is you state "After everything I've been through." After everything YOU'VE been through, huh? That just really gets me cracking up. You brought this upon yourself, you stupid bitch. You got everything you deserved. And I thought you already got your "justice", right? Not being charged for murder? Mmhmm.. I really don't see how this site is bringing you your "justice" anyway. Unless you just need a very few percentage of people to tell you you're doing the right thing. They are just as psychotic as you are. Some people just love to go against the norm, and I hope you realize that that's what most of them are doing. As for the harrassment of you and your family, let's just say YOU had it coming.

I apologize for going all immature, but this fat, ugly, screwed up woman created this blog and then took it down herself, because she's too weak to cope with any negative comments. In her psychopathic mind, she thought people would listen to her pitiful voice , when she explained "what really happened". She truly thinks she's a 14-year old with the girls. Hopefully something good can come out of this. I urge everyone who is as immature as me to post her picture, name, address, everything you have on her, in everything you post or publish on the internet. The "grown-ups" here will disagree, but this woman is dangerous to your children! Just think if Megan had been a boy, what would this woman have done, how far would she have gone then? She's clearly mentally disturbed.

You are seriously an asshole. You will continue to pray...Good Luck with that. You titled this blog "MEGAN HAD IT COMING" you're pathetic. Common sense, this beautiful child took her life because of your actions and your words.I see you as an accessory to her suicide. The saddest part is your trying to blame everyone but yourself. If your such a woman of action get into action and pack up and leave her family alone and stop hurtng her parents more with your stupid words Isnt that what started this was your mouth...See you in Hell

Its pretty cleear that this blog meets the criteria of "actual malice":

Form jeff's favorite online publication:

"Actual malice in United States law is a condition required to establish libel against public officials or public figures and is defined as "knowledge that the information was false" or that it was published "with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not." Reckless disregard does not encompass mere neglect in following professional standards of fact checking. The publisher must entertain actual doubt as to the statement's truth. This is the definition in only the United States and came from the landmark 1964 lawsuit New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, which ruled that public officials needed to prove actual malice in order to recover damages for libel."

The first amendment gives everyone the right to free speech. This includes jeff as well as everyone who feels the need to leave a comment. It is unfortunate that Megan took her own life, but she did take her OWN life. She made that choice, not Jeff, and NOT Lori Drew. Lori may have made a bad choice by being on myspace and Jeff may have made a bad choice by creating this blog and they will deal with whatever they deal with based on those choices. The fact still remains that Megan took her own life. No one is to blame here except Megan. Too bad that Megan wasn't getting adequate help to deal with her depression. Let's just hope that other teens who are as severely depressed as Megan now get the treatment that they require.

Free speech has limitations.One of those limitations is the use of speech to defame another person with lies or false information.

In this case the author of the blog could have argued that the blog was a "fair comment" on a matter of public interest up until they wrote the posting in which they claimed to be Lori Drew.

As a fictional character "Kristen" could have been used to comment on the case, insult Megan Meier's memory (you can't defame the dead), etc. However, once they made the false claim to in fact be Lori Drew, they clearly entered the territory where libel and defamtion laws apply. This is because there can be no question that the author knew that they were not in fact Lori Drew and therefore that these words were not spoken or written by Lori Drew.

How the next part of this sad story plays out all depends on how thorough the blogger was in covering his tracks. Remember Kristen stated that her "boyfriend" knew about computers and had covered her tracks. We'll see. Hopefully Briscoe is already seeking to obtain logs related to the postings on this site from Google and will be able to use those to locate and prosecute the author.

Does Briscoe have the brains, legal chops, and cajones to locate and prosecute the blog author?